# Tuckbox

A similar generator for card boxes like Tuckbox is [https://www.templatemaker.nl/de/cardbox](https://www.templatemaker.nl/de/cardbox/)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/rVqLJ8ept4NglQgf-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/rVqLJ8ept4NglQgf-grafik.png)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/5c0TvYj2EJxJYvzL-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/5c0TvYj2EJxJYvzL-grafik.png)

Tuckbox is not a well written extension for laser cutting output. But you can simply do the following to make laser files:

1. Create a tuckbox
2. Select all and colorize it to blue  
    [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/iT0dcg77y1R2XamD-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/iT0dcg77y1R2XamD-grafik.png)
3. Duplicate it, colorize it red, ungroup all, run union all for the duplicate selection, remove the fill color. You get the outline like this:  
    [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/zxineEBVHb0BrbtP-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/zxineEBVHb0BrbtP-grafik.png)

The outer contour will be processed by laser twice (first engraving, then cutting). It consumes more time but it basically works